PREEN
\pɹˈiːn], \pɹˈiːn], \p_ɹ_ˈiː_n]\
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dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera"
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clean with one's bill; "The birds preened"
By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
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To dress with, or as with, a preen; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers; -- said of birds.
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To trim up, as trees.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A forked instrument used in dressing cloth.
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